Manual

Assigning the hihat height pedal MIDI CC
The hihat pedals of most electronic kits transmit a MIDI continuous controller in order to represent the position of the pedal between
open and closed.
A MIDI CC value of 0 means that the pedal is open (fully up).
As the pedal is moved down, the value of the MIDI CC increases. The maximum possible value is 127.
Usually, the MIDI CC used is #4. The MIDI CC that you want BFD2 to use for hihat control is defined using the MIDI CC parameter
in the mapping inspector for variable tip or variable shank articulations.
Customizing hihat pedal response
In order to customize the response of the hihat in BFD2, you can adjust a number of controls in the mapping inspector for the
variable tip and variable shank articulations.
Variable hihat controls
The Variable hihat controls let you specify the articulation transition points over the range of hihat height MIDI CC values.
Lock Tip and
Shank
Hihat height
MIDI CC
There are four adjustable points on a large slider, representing the transitions between the hihat articulations over the pedal
range, and forming five ‘zones’ (for closed, 1/4-open, 1/2-open, 3/4-open and fully open articulations). Each of these points displays
a value from 0 to 127, which corresponds to the hihat height MIDI CC value at which the transition occurs. Drag the points up and
down to adjust them.
For example, let’s say that the points for the variable tip control are set at values of 10, 50, 80, and 110. This means that the
‘zones’ of MIDI CC values are as follows:
0-
10-
0-
0-10
110-1
1 0
open
/ -open
1/ -open
1/ -open
closed
Variable hihat
controls
When a variable tip is triggered in BFD2, the concurrent value of the hihat pedal MIDI CC is analyzed. Depending in which ‘zone’
the value lies, the appropriate articulation played. For example, if the value is 30, a 3/4-open tip articulation is played. If it is 110, a
closed tip is played, and so on.
When using a hihat with less than the maximum amount of articulations, BFD intelligently remaps triggers to the most appropriate
articulation that does exist. This occurs if you unload any articulations in the Kit view, or if you use hihats from previous BFD
libraries. The original BFD library did not include 1/4-open or 3/4-open articulations, while all pre-BFD2 expansion packs do not
include an open shank articulation.
Lock Tip and Shank
If you don’t need to adjust the variable tip and variable shank responses separately, you can enable the Lock Tip and Shank
button. This results in locking the settings of both articulations together, so that the Pedal Position slider controls are exactly the
same for both articulations.